We have recently sent the following letter to the Oireachtas Education Committee. Letter from Atheist Ireland to Oireachtas Education Committee Can you please add this to the file of information from Atheist Ireland that the Committee is considering. "Section 62-7(n) of the Education (Admission to Schools) Act 2018. A ruling ...
According to the Supreme Court, the reason there is a right to home school in our Constitution is because of the right to freedom of conscience. Article 42.2 guarantees the right to home school, and this right was upheld by the Supreme Court in the Burke case in 2022. The ...
We don’t accept claims by church and state that publicly funded religious schools, particularly Catholic schools which are the majority, are inclusive and welcome and respect everyone equally. The reason we don't accept these claims is that the evidence of reality contradicts them, and we experience the injustice and hurt ...
The courts in Ireland have found that parents have a constitutional right to have religious education and religious formation in publicly funded schools. In order to remove this right from the Constitution, we would need a referendum. Any legislation that forbids religious education and formation in schools would be unconstitutional. ...
The Court of Appeal found that, when it interprets the obligations of a Board of Management under the Education Act 1998, it must have regard to the terms of the European Convention on Human Rights. Probably no Board of Management in the country is even aware what obligations they have ...
The Constitution addresses the rights of parents differently in relation to religious education and sex education of their children. The executive can shape policy with regard to the content of religious, moral, intellectual, physical and social education under Article 42.1, as long as they do so in line with the wishes of parents. ...
Yesterday the Minister for Education, Norma Foley, introduced the New Primary School curriculum framework. You can find the framework here and frequently asked questions here. This new Framework could mean more time spent on religion in primary schools, not less. Officially, the new curriculum reduces the time spend on the ...
Atheist Ireland has written the following letter to the Minister for Education, Norma Foley TD. Dear Minister, You have recently stressed that parents have a right to ensure that their children can withdraw from the updated sex education course on the basis of conscience. But you have not put the ...
Atheist Ireland has written the following letter to the Attorney General about the constitutional right to not attend religious instruction in irish schools. Dear Mr Fanning, We are writing to you in your Constitutional capacity as the adviser of the Government in matters of law and legal opinion. We are ...
The oireachtas, not the Government or the Department of Education or schools, is responsible for regulating the Constitutional right to not attend religious instruction in schools. That is why statutory guidelines are needed, passed by the Oireachtas, not just Government policies, or circular letters from the Department, or abdication of ...
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